Mane Kara-Yakoubian earned her M.A. and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University. She has trained at various sites, including The Downtown Psychology Clinic, Baycrest Hospital, Centre for Interpersonal Relationships, Community Head Injury Resource Services, and St. Michael’s Hospital, where she has provided both neuropsychological and psycho-diagnostic assessments, as well as therapy services.

Mane is dedicated to creating a warm and welcoming space for adults to cultivate curiosity, self-awareness, and meaningful growth. At The Willow Centre, her clinical work is supervised by Dr. Will Birman, C. Psych.

Mane’s doctoral research, funded by a $110,000 grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), explores judgment and decision-making. Her dissertation research focuses on how younger and older adults engage in information search when navigating moral dilemmas.

Beyond her own research, Mane enjoys writing about others’ academic work. To date, she has published over 200 popular press articles covering a wide range of psychological findings. Some of her coverage includes:

Massive meta-analysis finds loneliness has increased in emerging adults in the last 43 years

The fascinating neuroscience behind dreaming

Older people are perceived as more moral than younger people across seven countries

Study finds grandfathers’ workouts enhance grandsons’ cognition in mice

 

email: mkarayakoubian@thewillowcentre.com
phone: 416-250-1540 x21